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Wolfgang Hofmann

1941 - 2020

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Wolfgang Hofmann (30 March 1941 – 12 March 2020) was a West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won the silver medal in the middleweight class representing the United Team of Germany. Hofmann was German champion 15 times and European champion twice (1965 and 1968. He was the holder of the 8th Dan, as well as being a lecturer for judo at the German Sport University in Cologne for many years. He further developed his skills during two language and study visits to Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Hofmann is the 91st most popular wrestler (up from 176th in 2019), the 3,794th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,131st in 2019) and the most popular German Wrestler.

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Among WRESTLERS

Among wrestlers, Wolfgang Hofmann ranks 91 out of 1,027. Before him are Yasuhiro Yamashita, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Takehide Nakatani, Ibrahim Moustafa, The Godfather, and József Csatári. After him are Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Brock Lesnar, Billy Gunn, Stephanos Christopoulos, Mithat Bayrak, and Ryback.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Wolfgang Hofmann ranks 308. Before him are Jacob Nena, Hipólito Mejía, Júlia Várady, Sally Kirkland, Jesús Moncada, and Takehide Nakatani. After him are Pedro Carmona, Jigjidiin Mönkhbat, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, Pino Donaggio, Manny Charlton, and Holger Meins. Among people deceased in 2020, Wolfgang Hofmann ranks 318. Before him are Mark Blum, Barry Hulshoff, John Shrapnel, Shere Hite, János Göröcs, and Henri Richard. After him are Ivan Passer, Tony Allen, Milka Babović, Clayton Christensen, Ljiljana Petrović, and Sergio Rossi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Hofmann ranks 3,796 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Carl Diem (1882), Iwan Bloch (1872), Erich Bey (1898), and Max Jakob Friedländer (1867). After him are Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), Johann Georg Halske (1814), John II, Duke of Cleves (1458), and Ralf Moeller (1959).

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Among WRESTLERS In Germany

Among wrestlers born in Germany, Wolfgang Hofmann ranks 1. After him are Wilfried Dietrich (1933), Georg Gehring (1903), Klaus Glahn (1942), Katarina Waters (1980), Maik Bullmann (1967), Ole Bischof (1979), Kerstin Thiele (1986), Yvonne Bönisch (1980), Frank Stäbler (1989), Alex Wright (1975), and Aline Rotter-Focken (1991).

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